diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/Api/ServiceController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/Api/ServiceController.php
index 0f0a409de9..38f79efc7e 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/Api/ServiceController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/Api/ServiceController.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 namespace OPNsense\CaptivePortal\Api;
 
 use OPNsense\Base\ApiMutableServiceControllerBase;
+use OPNsense\Core\Backend;
 
 /**
  * Class ServiceController
@@ -40,6 +41,24 @@ class ServiceController extends ApiMutableServiceControllerBase
     protected static $internalServiceTemplate = 'OPNsense/Captiveportal';
     protected static $internalServiceName = 'captiveportal';
 
+    public function reconfigureAction()
+    {
+        $status = ['status' => 'failed'];
+
+        if ($this->request->isPost()) {
+            $backend = new Backend();
+            $backend->configdRun('template reload OPNsense/IPFW');
+            $result = trim($backend->configdRun("ipfw reload"));
+            if ($result != "OK") {
+                return ["status" => "error reloading ipfw (" . $result . ")"];
+            }
+
+            $status = parent::reconfigureAction();
+        }
+
+        return $status;
+    }
+
     protected function serviceEnabled()
     {
         return  $this->getModel()->isEnabled();